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[–] logicbomb@lemmy.world 52 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I know that Norm MacDonald and Jim Downey (the writer who worked with him the most on Weekend Update for SNL) had a thing where they thought the perfect joke had to be one where the setup and the punchline were the same thing.

This kind of reminds me of that sort of joke.

For an example from Weekend Update, here's one joke that he presented:

"Julia Roberts told reporters this week that her marriage to Lyle Lovett has been over for some time. The key moment she said came when she realized that she was Julia Roberts, and that she was married to Lyle Lovett."

[–] FenrirIII@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Lyle isn't the most handsome guy, but his music is great

[–] LemmyThinkAboutIt@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 days ago

Maybe he should have kept his hand off Mary Chapin Carpenter's thigh.